Starmer Defies Iran With Military Mission Before Handing Power To Burnham

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“A prime minister can start out by choosing to, if you like, ignore the Middle East … but very quickly they get drawn into what's going on” As he prepares to hand over the keys to No 10, Sir Keir Starmer has ordered British naval forces to de-mine the Strait of Hormuz in direct defiance of Iranian warnings, it is a “delicate” and “dangerous” operation, says former UK ambassador to Iran, Nicholas Hopton. Nicholas Hopton was speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday from 1pm-4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/

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